David BrownUniversity of KentuckyE-mail AuthorDAVID M. BROWN is a Ph.D. candidate and teaching assistant in the Department of Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation at the University of Kentucky. His research focuses on the history of higher education, with a particular emphasis on student life.

John ThelinUniversity of KentuckyE-mail AuthorJOHN R. THELIN is a Professor of Higher Education & Public Policy at the University of Kentucky. He is author of A History of American Higher Education (2004, 2011) and Essential Documents in the History of American Higher Education (2014) – both published by The Johns Hopkins University Press.